Rack for draining crockery



II. NEWTON.

RACK FOR DRAINING CROCKERY.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 28, 1919.

1,356,305.v Patented oet. 19,1920.

ROBERT NEVTON, OF OKOROIRE, -NEW ZEALAND.

RACK FOR DRAINN'G CROCKERY;

T @ZZ L0 7mm t may concern Be it known that l, ROBERT NEWTON, a citizen of the Dominion of New Zealand, and residing at Patatere Road, Okoroire, in the Provincial District of Auckland,A in the vDominion of New Zealand, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Racks for Draining Crockery, of which the following is a specification. Y

This invention relates to racks used for draining Crockery atter'having been washed, and the object of the invention is to provide a portable and handy rack of small size, so

. that Vit can be used in the smallest kitchen and wherein Crockery of all kinds can be placed and allowed to drain, the drainwater being collected and discharged from Vthe .Y

rack as required.

The rack is substantially rectangular in shape and comprises a frame open at the top and front and having its sides stepped. The front ot the box has a shallow sill, and the bottom of the box is made watertight. Rods ixed at their ends in battens slope upward from the sill to the back of the box, the upper batten being supported upon a batten fixed to the back of the box. The rods with their battens are removable, and a= space is left at their middle part to allow large pieces of Crockery to be placed upon the bottom of the box.

A t the height of the step a perorate supyport is provided including transverse rods extending across the box,'and other supporting rods are provided above the said transverse rods. v

Plates to be drained are held on edge upon the bottom of the box by the sloping. rods, and cups, saucers and the like are placed upon the transverse rods, the supporting rods and the sides of the box-preventing the cups, saucers and the like from falling orf.

When water has accumulated in the bottom of the box it is ejected after the crockery has dried. Y The rack is made in sizes to suit users, and a supply or set of crockery suiiicient for a familys use can be drained and kept in the rack ready for a subsequent meal, the set being carried bodily in the rack and thence placed upon a dining table.

In a modilication, the rack is made double with one part superposed upon the other part, each part having sloping rods and the bottoni of the upper part being perforated or made of rods.

Specification of Letters Patent; Patented Oct. 19, 1920. ,Application sied February 2e, 1919. serial No. 279,781. 4

\ The drawing herewith illustrates the inventionz- A Figure 1, a front elevation,

Fig. 2, is a plan, and

F ig. 3,.isfa vertical transverse section of the rack taken on line 3 3 of Fig. 2, and

' Fig. 4L, is a vertical transverse section ofy the modified form ofthe rack. y

The box or frame 1 is yopen at the iront and top and has a sill 2along its front edge.

Sloping parallel rods 3, extending upwardly fromthe Vsill to the backof the box, have their ends fixed to battens 4- and 5, the'batten l resting on the bottom 6 and the batten 5 resting upon a batten 7 ixed to the back of y the box. The rods and their battens are readily removable Jfor cleaning purposes.

`The batten 4 is adapted tobe rst raised over the sill 2 when it is desired to remove the rods and their battens or the rods 3 may be made to spring suliciently to allow the battens 4, 5, to belifted. If desired the bat- `ten 5 may be recessed to permit of slight upward movement relative to the batten 16. The bottom of the box is made watertight.

At the middle part of the box the rods 3 are omitted to form a space 8 to allow articles of Crockery such as vegetable dishes to be placed on the bottom 6.

The sides 9 of the box are stepped as shown in Fig. 3 for convenience in placing Crockery in the rack, and at the level of the steps a perforate support is provided consisting of longitudinal rods 10 extending across the'box, and other supporting rods 11 are provided above the rods 10.

A cross batten 12 strengthens the sides 9. f

Plates after having been washed arev placed between therods 3 and with their edges resting on the bottom 6, as shownin Fig. 3, and are left to drain, the drain water being caught in the bottom of the box. Cups, saucers, small dishes and the like are placed on the longitudinal rods 10 to drain, and are supported in any desired positions by the rods 11. rl`he rods 10 extend overv the rear part of the rods 3 medially of their ends in a transverse batten 16 which is connected to the back of the box and the bar 12.

In the modification shown by Fig. f1, the Capacity of the rack is greatlyincreased byr increasing the height of they box so as to provide room for a second set of rods 13', at a lower level than the rods 3. In this and are supportedy case the plates placed between and Crockery` placed below the rods 3', are supported upon e false bottom ot transverse rods lll formingthe second peri'orete support.

The Water draining from the crockery supported by the rods 14 is caught upon the bottom l5.

rQ he longitudinal rods l0 end 14 are supported et the central part by bettens 16 und 17 respectively.

llfhat l do claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent oit the United States is l. A reclr for draining,- Crockeryv includ- K ing e box open at the top and frontend watertight et the bottom7 perforete supports arranged horizontally end in spaced relation in the box, uniformly spaced parallel sloping rods above the bottom of the box und the lowermost support, and means for removably supporting the ends oit' the rods.

2. A device es claimed in cleim l wherein the supports consist of e transverse betten mounted medielly of the ends of the box and e plurality of longitudinally extending` and uniformly spaced rods supported in the betten and having their respective ends nnchored in the sides of the box.

3. i3. reci; for draining croclrery comprising e box open et the top and front and watertight et the bottom, a cross betten for strengthening the sides of the box, e sill across the front of the box and connected to the bottom sind the edges of the box, e supporting betten secured to the beck of the box longitudinally thereof, other bettens positioned against the inner surface ot' the sill and the beck of the box above the last mentioned lon ndiuel betten, and parallel und sloping` rods having their respective ends ixed in the lest mentioned battens and with these bettens being removable for cleansing purposes.

ln testimony whereoiI I my signature.

ROBERT NEWTON. 

